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No. 697,2!6. Patented Apr. 8, I902.

E. OLDENBUSCH.

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(Application filed Oct. 2, 1901.)

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UNTTEE STATES ERNEST OLDENBUSCH, OF IIOBOKEN,

PATENT OFFICE.

NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO KRON- IIEIMER d: OLDENBUSOH COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NE\V YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,216, dated April 8, 1902.

Application filed October 2, 1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST OLDENBUSCH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in boxes in which the cover is raised by a spring, such as are used for ink-wells, jewelryand ring boxes, and the like; and the objects of my invention are to provide an inexpensive and durable device. I attain these objects by the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of the cover of my improved boX. Fig. 2 is a view of the box-body. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the box. Fig. 4 is a View of the spring, and Fig. 5 is a View of the base-plate.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

I) is a box-body of circularor other desired shape, formed in the usual well-known manner and having at the point where it is desired to form the hinge cut-out pieces 13 b and the aperture (2 of a width equal to that of the spring 0 between the cut-out pieces 6 13 At the rear of the box-body b I cut a longitudinal slit of the same length as the socket a in the box-cover a, hereinafter described. At each end of this longitudinal slit I cut a slit at right angles to it, and midway between these longitudinal slits, at 0 I cut away a portion of the boX-bodyb sufficiently wide to permit the insertion of the end 0 of the spring 0. The cut-out pieces I) b are then bent inwardly to form a seat for the socket a. in the cover a. At the front of the boXI cut a slot 11 sufficiently large to allow theinserting therein of the tongue 0" of the spring 0. Above this slot and near the top edge of the box I cut an aperture b for the spring-catch. A fiat spring 0 is formed in the shape shown in Fig. 4, having an end c,bent up and back to bear against the inside of the cover a, and a bent portion 0 below this bent-up end to form part of the seat for the socket. The other end of the springis formed into acatch c and the tongue 0, as shown. The cover a has at the point where it is desired to form Serial No. 77,266. (No model.)

the hinge a projecting socket of a size to'fit the socket-seat in the box-body 1), formed by the cut-out pieces b b This projecting socket is preferably formed by bending over a portion of the sheet metal of which the cover a is formed. At the front of the cover I form an indentation or inward projection a to catch in the aperture 0 in the spring 0 when the box is closed.

My box is assembled by placing the projecting socket a of the cover a in the seat formed by the cut-out pieces 5 b in the boxbody I), the front of the covera being toward the front of the box-body Z7. Apintle longer than the socket a is then inserted in the.

socket a, so that its ends project beyond the socket a and engage the interior of the boxbody I). The pintle may be held in this position by the closely-fitting socket orin any other de-.

of the spring 0 will be at the aperture b in the box-body Z). It will thus be found that the inward projection a in the cover will engage the aperture 0 in the spring a and hold the cover when the boX is closed. WVhen it is desired to release the cover, a light pressure upon the end or tongue 0 of the spring 0, projecting through the slot 19 will. move back the end 0 of the spring 0 a sufficient distance to release the inward projection a in the cover, and the cover thus released will be raised by the pressure of the end 0 of the spring 0 against the inside of its rear part. I find that the spring a can be more easily inserted through the bottom of the box, and I therefore prefer to form the bottom at of a separate piece and insert it afterthe other parts are assembled. It maybe held in place in any desired manner.

When it is desired to use the box for jewelry or rings, the appropriate packing is placed in the box before the bottom is put in position.

I have shown in the drawings a box such as is used for rings or jewelry; but it is apparent that a slight change in the form of the box-body will make it equally adaptable to ink-we1ls and other similar receptacles.

Having thus described my invention, What I'claim is 1. Ina device of the character described, the combination of a box-body having in its rear wall a plurality of cut-out pieces bent inwardly, a cover having asocket projecting therefrom on one side, and an inward projection at the opposite side, a pintle, and aspring one end of which projects through the boxbody and bears against the inside of the cover and a projection near the other end of the spring extending through the box-body, substantially as shown and described.

2. ,In a device of the character described, thevcombination of a box-body having in its rear Wall a plurality of cut-out pieces bent inwardly, a cover having a socket projecting therefrom on one side, and an inward pro ection' at the opposite side, a pintle and a spring D 

